1、考研英语一（完形填空）历年真题试卷汇编 8（无答案）一、Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 0 The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases【B1 】_the tri
2、al of Rosemary West.In a significant【B2 】_of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a【B3 】_bill that will propose making payments to witnesses【B4】_and will strictly control the amount of【B5】_that can be given to a case【B6】_a trial begins.In a letter to Gerald
3、 Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he【B7】_with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not【B8】_sufficient control.【B9 】_of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a【B10】_of media protest when he said the【B11】_of priv
4、acy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges【B12】_to Parliament.The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which【B13】_the European Convention on Human Rights legally【B14】_in Britain, laid down that everybody was【B15】_to privacy and that public figures c
5、ould go to court to protect themselves and their families. “Press freedoms will be in safe hands【B16】_our British judges,“ he said.Witness payments became an【B17】_after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were【B18】_to have received payments for telling their stories t
6、o newspapers. Concerns were raised【B19】_witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to【B20】_guilty verdicts.1 【B1 】（A）as to（B） for instance（C） in particular（D）such as2 【B2 】（A）tightening（B） intensifying（C） focusing（D）fastening3 【B3 】（A）sketch（B） rough（C） preliminary（D）draft4 【
7、B4 】（A）illogical（B） illegal（C） improbable（D）improper5 【B5 】（A）publicity（B） penalty（C） popularity（D）peculiarity6 【B6 】（A）since（B） if（C） before（D）as7 【B7 】（A）sided（B） shared（C） complied（D）agreed8 【B8 】（A）present（B） offer（C） manifest（D）indicate9 【B9 】（A）Release（B） Publication（C） Printing（D）Exposure10 【
8、B10 】（A）storm（B） rage（C） flare（D）flash11 【B11 】（A）translation（B） interpretation（C） exhibition（D）demonstration12 【B12 】（A）better than（B） other than（C） rather than（D）sooner than13 【B13 】（A）changes（B） makes（C） sets（D）turns14 【B14 】（A）binding（B） convincing（C） restraining（D）sustaining15 【B15 】（A）authoriz
9、ed（B） credited（C） entitled（D）qualified16 【B16 】（A）with（B） to（C） from（D）by17 【B17 】（A）impact（B） incident（C） inference（D）issue18 【B18 】（A）stated（B） remarked（C） said（D）told19 【B19 】（A）what（B） when（C） which（D）that20 【B20 】（A）assure（B） confide（C） ensure（D）guarantee20 Though not biologically related, frie
10、nds are as “related“ as fourth cousins, sharing about 1% of genes. That is【B1】_a study, published from the University of California and Yale University in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has【B2】_.The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted【B3】_1,932 unique subjects which【B4】_p
11、airs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers. The same people were used in both【B5 】_.While 1% may seem【B6】_, it is not so to a geneticist. As James Fowler, professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego, says, “Most people do not even【B7】_their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as fri
12、ends the people who【B8】_our kin.“The study【B9】_found that the genes for smell were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity. Why this similarity exists in smell genes is difficult to explain, for now.【B10 】 _, as the team suggests, it draws us to similar environments but there is more【
13、B11】_it. There could be many mechanisms working together that【B12】_us in choosing genetically similar friends【B13】_“functional kinship“ of being friends with 【B14】_!One of the remarkable findings of the study was that the similar genes seem to be evolving【B15】_than other genes. Studying this could h
14、elp【B16 】_why human evolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years, with social environment being a major【 B17】_factor.The findings do not simply corroborate people s【B18】_to befriend those of similar【B19】_backgrounds, say the researchers. Though all the subjects were drawn from a population of Euro
15、pean extraction, care was taken to【B20】_that all subjects, friends and strangers, were taken from the same population.21 【B1 】（A）what（B） how（C） why（D）when22 【B2 】（A）defended（B） concluded（C） withdrawn（D）advised23 【B3 】（A）for（B） with（C） by（D）on24 【B4 】（A）separated（B） sought（C） compared（D）connected25 【
16、B5 】（A）tests（B） objects（C） samples（D）examples26 【B6 】（A）insignificant（B） unexpected（C） unreliable（D）incredible27 【B7 】（A）visit（B） miss（C） know（D）seek28 【B8 】（A）surpass（B） influence（C） favor（D）resemble29 【B9 】（A）again（B） also（C） instead（D）thus30 【B10 】（A）Meanwhile（B） Furthermore（C） Likewise（D）Perhaps
17、31 【B11 】（A）about（B） to（C） from（D）like32 【B12 】（A）limit（B） observe（C） confuse（D）drive33 【B13 】（A）according to（B） rather than（C） regardless of（D）along with34 【B14 】（A）chances（B） responses（C） benefits（D）missions35 【B15 】（A）faster（B） slower（C） later（D）earlier36 【B16 】（A）forecast（B） remember（C） express（D）understand37 【B17 】（A）unpredictable（B） contributory（C） controllable（D）disruptive38 【B18 】（A）tendency（B） decision（C） arrangement（D）endeavor39 【B19 】（A）political（B） religious（C） ethnic（D）economic40 【B20 】（A）see（B） show（C） prove（D）tell
